Social Interaction Theory Perkins

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Presented by Barbara Miles, Susan DeCaluwe, and Elizabeth TorreyThere are four webcasts included in this training module that demonstrate a wide range of teaching strategies used to provide effective instruction to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities. Participants will earn 2.0 ACVREP, CTLE credits, or Continuing Education credits by viewing four designated webcasts and taking an online test

Learning Goals and Objectives
Participants will:

• Learn strategies for having conversations with students who are deafblind.
• Develop an understanding of the components of a good conversation and how they can be applied to a conversation with a child who is deafblind.
• Gain an understanding of the value of a communication portfolio for learners with deafblindness or multiple disabilities.
• Learn how to develop a communication portfolio.
• Gain an understanding of the unique function hands serve for individuals who are deafblind.
• Gain an understanding of how to use symbols to support the development of communication in children who experience a variety of sever communication disorders and are unable to use abstract symbols.

• Upon successful completion of the test, you will earn 2.0 ACVREP, CTLE credits, or Continuing Education credits (your choice). You will be able to print a signed Perkins certificate demonstrating that you earned the credits.
• Instructions on how to enroll in the tutorial and take the online test will be emailed to you after you have successfully registered. Perkins eLearning profiles are unique to the learning platform, and separate from any other username/password you have with Perkins. If you already have a user profile for the learning platform, you will use that existing profile to access the tutorial.